taiwan-forum-search

name	taiwan-forum-search
description	Search Taiwan forums (PTT, Dcard, Mobile01, 巴哈姆特) for local discussions. Uses Brave site search + direct scraping.

Taiwan Forum Search Skill

Purpose

Search Taiwan's major online communities for discussions, opinions, and information that may not appear well in general web search. Great for:

• Local opinions and sentiment
• Product reviews (3C, cars)
• Career/interview experiences
• Gaming discussions
• Political discourse
• Real-time reactions to events

Supported Forums

Forum	Domain	Best For	Method
PTT	ptt.cc	News, politics, tech jobs, stock	site:ptt.cc search or direct fetch
Dcard	dcard.tw	Career, relationships, campus life	site:dcard.tw search
Mobile01	mobile01.com	3C reviews, cars, home improvement	Direct fetch or site:mobile01.com
巴哈姆特	forum.gamer.com.tw	Games, anime, ACG culture	site:forum.gamer.com.tw or direct fetch

How to Use

Quick Search (Brave site: operator)

For most searches, use web_search with site: operator:

Query: "site:ptt.cc 面試 [公司名]"
Query: "site:dcard.tw 薪水 [職位]"
Query: "site:mobile01.com [產品] 開箱"
Query: "site:forum.gamer.com.tw [遊戲名]"

Direct Fetch (for browsing latest posts)

For PTT boards (non-18+ content):

URL: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/{BoardName}/index.html

Popular boards:
- Stock (股票)
- Tech_Job (科技業)
- Gossiping (八卦) - requires 18+ cookie
- job (工作)
- Salary (薪資)
- Soft_Job (軟體工作)
- studyabroad (留學)

For Mobile01:

URL: https://www.mobile01.com/topiclist.php?f={forum_id}

Popular forums:
- f=568 (Samsung)
- f=566 (HTC)
- f=634 (小米)
- f=423 (Android軟體)

For 巴哈姆特:

URL: https://forum.gamer.com.tw/B.php?bsn={game_id}

Search Patterns

Job/Career Research

# Company interview experiences
site:ptt.cc OR site:dcard.tw "[公司名]" 面試

# Salary benchmarks
site:ptt.cc Tech_Job OR Salary "[職位]" 年薪

# Work culture
site:dcard.tw "[公司名]" 工作環境 OR 加班

Product Research

# Product reviews
site:mobile01.com "[產品名]" 開箱 OR 心得

# Comparison
site:mobile01.com "[產品A]" vs "[產品B]"

# Problems/issues
site:mobile01.com "[產品名]" 災情 OR 問題

Gaming/ACG

# Game discussions
site:forum.gamer.com.tw "[遊戲名]" 攻略

# Reviews
site:forum.gamer.com.tw "[遊戲名]" 心得 OR 評價

Sentiment/Opinion

# Political discussions (PTT Gossiping equivalent topics appear in other boards)
site:ptt.cc "[話題]" 看法 OR 怎麼看

# Hot topics
site:ptt.cc "[事件]" 爆卦 OR 新聞

Limitations

1. PTT Gossiping Board: Requires 18+ cookie verification - use site:ptt.cc Gossiping search instead of direct fetch
2. Dcard Direct Fetch: Blocked by Cloudflare - use site:dcard.tw search only
3. Rate Limits: Space out requests to avoid being blocked
4. Content Age: Search results may include older content; check dates

Board Name Reference

PTT Popular Boards

Board	Topic
Stock	股票投資
Tech_Job	科技業工作
Soft_Job	軟體工程師
job	一般工作
Salary	薪資討論
studyabroad	留學
car	汽車
MobileComm	手機通訊
PC_Shopping	電腦採購
NBA	NBA
Baseball	棒球
C_Chat	ACG閒聊

Dcard Popular Forums

Forum	Topic
job	工作
softwareengineer	軟體工程師
interview	面試
relationship	感情
graduate	研究所
salary	薪資

Mobile01 Forum IDs

ID	Topic
568	Samsung
566	HTC
634	小米
588	Asus
423	Android軟體
7	汽車
37	居家

Example Workflows

Research a company before interview

1. web_search: "site:ptt.cc [公司名] 面試"
2. web_search: "site:dcard.tw [公司名] 面試心得"
3. web_search: "site:ptt.cc [公司名] 薪水 年終"
4. Summarize findings

Product purchase decision

1. web_search: "site:mobile01.com [產品] 開箱 心得"
2. web_search: "site:mobile01.com [產品] 災情 問題"
3. web_search: "site:ptt.cc [產品] 推薦"
4. Compare pros/cons

Track breaking news sentiment

1. web_search: "site:ptt.cc [事件關鍵字]" (sort by freshness if available)
2. web_fetch PTT board directly for latest
3. Summarize discussion themes

Tips

1. Use Traditional Chinese for search queries (繁體中文)
2. Add board name for PTT to narrow results: site:ptt.cc/bbs/Tech_Job
3. Combine sources for comprehensive view
4. Check post dates - forum content ages quickly
5. PTT jargon: 推 = upvote/agree, 噓 = downvote/disagree, 爆 = popular thread

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